24 Sep 1902
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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1902
Page
1
President Franklin D. Roosevelt halts his western stumping swing and flies back to Washington to address urgent matters at the capital. The sudden move underscores mounting policy pressures and the need to coordinate national programs from the seat of government.
The president was taken ill in Indianapolis with a leg infection requiring surgery at St Vincent's hospital. He canceled Western engagements and rested, while doctors said the wound is not dangerous though temporarily disabling.
San Diego Calif September 24 The grading force on the Old Beach Imperial branch of the Southern Pacific has doubled in the past week or two. Ninety thousand ties are piled at Old Beach and a train-load of steel side-tracked awaits track laying. Officials expect trains to run into Imperial by November 1. After the election, organizers plan excursions from San Diego and Los Angeles to acquaint coastal residents with desert communities.
Arrangements completed to remove the President from the car at 22 Jackson Place temporary executive offices. A carriage will wait at 6:40 p m as the train arrives and he will be placed in a chair and carried inside. Mrs Roosevelt telegram reports she and two children en route to Washington from Oyster Bay. The President will stay in Washington about ten days and remain quiet.
A monster benefit for the Pennsylvania striking miners is being arranged by Butte miners. Senator Clark will preside and Captain Jack Crawford, the poet scout of Arizona, will deliver the principal address.
Mrs Addie M Johnson a leader in Missouri womans suffrage and club work killed herself with chloroform. Her death sparked debate on sanity and personal crisis among local club women who held a memorial service and resolutions supporting her decision in light of her fear of becoming a burden.
Saratoga N Y Sept 24 The Republican convention nominates a full state ticket with B B Odell Jr Orange for governor and W Higgins of Cattaraugus for lieutenant governor The platform backs Roosevelt administration endorses his 1904 nomination and favors Cuban reciprocity.
In London on September 24 L H Greig a Carnegie Steel bookkeeper was found to have forged and embezzled thousands of dollars. Some funds have been recovered but the loss is estimated at seventy five thousand dollars. The prisoner maintained a lavish establishment.
A special Tucson council meeting devolved into an ad hoc election drama as members avoided a clear vote on high license. City attorney's opinion stated no authority for a special election, yet Russell pressed ahead, with Reid opposing. The plan to let voters decide was debated amid accusations of illegality and ballot fears. the election is set for Friday October 3, with the council serving as election officers and polls open from 7 to 6.
The U S government faces a pivotal Alaska tax challenge as four suits join to question constitutional reach. The case targets an 1899 Alaska criminal procedure code with sections 160 and 461, amid disputes over duties on mining firms and tonnage taxes on vessels already taxed on the Pacific coast. The Supreme Court will hear the matter next term with a full bench.
St Louis chief engineer Phillips announced the layout of an amuse ment boulevard for the Louisiana purchase exposition. The expansive area will house most concessions and mirrors the Chicago World's Fair Midway in scope and design.
In a town flooded by unrest, residents report prolonged fear as a strike sentiment grips the area. Community figures urge calm while authorities monitor events and assess safety measures. Local businesses endure curfews and residents seek information amid uncertain hours.
In Wilkes Barre and nearby towns a pattern of violence erupted as mobs attacked nonunion workers, derailed coal cars, and beat miners. Sheriff Jacobs requested Governor Stone to deploy troops after dawn. Soldiers intervened at the American Iron and Steel plant arresting thirty armed men and ending the melee.
Authentic reports from Nazina in the Copper river valley say the Nazina district near Valdez yields the richest Alaska strike since Nome. In Rex gulch four men sluiced $1,500 in three days, with overall pay streaks across hundreds of feet. About 400 claims exist, 212 controlled by Robert Beil of New York, who leads a large syndicate. Copper nuggets up to 100 pounds assay at 98 percent and bedrock lies four to six feet deep amid abundant water and timber.
Harry Stratton of Pasadena after a Denver conference with his attorney Judge Gunnell decides to contest his father W. S. Stratton’s will. The will leaves most of a ten to seventeen million estate to a Colorado Springs home for the poor and sick. Stratton forfeits 50 000 by entering the contest.
A German merchant who escaped from Cuidad Bolivar arrived in Trinidad and swore that on August 20 the Venezuelan warship Restaurador bombarded Cuidad Bolivar. It allegedly sailed under an American flag to surprise the city, firing on it and causing substantial casualties and property damage amid protests from foreign consuls.
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